├── .gitignore
└── chesscom-games.py


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1 | venv/
2 | 


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/chesscom-games.py:
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 1 | from codecs import open
 2 | from datetime import date
 3 | import os.path
 4 | import requests
 5 | 
 6 | def main(user, where):
 7 |     print("Downloading %s's games to %s:" % (user, where))
 8 |     for archive in get('https://api.chess.com/pub/player/%s/games/archives' % user)['archives']:
 9 |         download_archive(archive, where)
10 | 
11 | def download_archive(url, where):
12 |     games = get(url)['games']
13 |     d = date.fromtimestamp(games[0]['end_time'])
14 |     y = d.year
15 |     m = d.month
16 |     filename = os.path.join(where, "%d-%02d.pgn" % (y, m))
17 |     print('Starting work on %s...' % filename)
18 |     # XXX: If a file with this name already exists, we'll blow away the old
19 |     # one. Possibly not ideal.
20 |     with open(filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as output:
21 |         for game in games:
22 |             print(game['pgn'], file=output)
23 |             print('', file=output)
24 | 
25 | def get(url):
26 |     return requests.get(url).json()
27 | 
28 | if __name__ == '__main__':
29 |     import argparse
30 |     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Download a user's games from chess.com")
31 |     parser.add_argument('user', metavar='USER', help='The user whose games we want')
32 |     parser.add_argument('where', metavar='PATH', help='Where to create the PGN files',
33 |             default=".", nargs='?')
34 |     args = parser.parse_args()
35 |     main(args.user, args.where)
36 | 


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